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Leveraged Finance: Borrowers/Sponsors: Big Ticket - London (Firms)

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What the Team is Known For

Paul Weiss is home to a leading sponsor-focused finance practice. The team works with a who's who of leading asset managers on high-value transactions. Clients benefit from the strength in depth the firm can offer.

Work Highlights

  • Paul Weiss advised Apollo on the £1.4 billion financing for its acquisition of Evri.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Neel Sachdev
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Neel Sachdev
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Neel Sachdev remains a leading authority in the finance market, noted for his stellar representation of sponsor-side clients. He is regularly called upon to advise on complex, multi-jurisdictional debt finance matters, in particular acquisition financings and take-privates. He also acts as co-head of Paul Weiss' London office and co-leads its global finance and capital markets group.

On the finance side he is a true industry leader. He's commercial and solutions-oriented.

Neel is the best in the market.

Clear, pragmatic, and highly attuned to the commercial landscape - he consistently adds value and responds swiftly when it counts.

He's consistently one of the best outside counsel that we work with.

Taner Hassan
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Taner Hassan
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Taner Hassan is noted for his expertise in acting for sponsors, regularly advising private equity clients on leveraged finance matters. He has experience handling cross-border mandates involving the Nordics and the USA, among other jurisdictions.

He combines technical excellence with a sharp commercial mindset and provides clear, decisive advice.

He is calm under pressure, highly responsive, and always a step ahead in anticipating challenges and managing stakeholder dynamics.

Kanesh Balasubramanian
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Kanesh Balasubramanian
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Kanesh Balasubramanianis co-head of European sponsor finance and alternative credit at Paul Weiss. He is renowned for his work for private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies on leveraged transactions.

Kanesh is always professional and drives to achieve even the toughest of deadlines. He works across a large number of deals and brings that information with him to all situations.

He's outstanding. There are not enough platitudes to describe him.

He's highly responsive and gives solid advice.

Stefan Arnold-Soulby
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Stefan Arnold-Soulby
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Stefan Arnold-Soulby is co-head of European sponsor finance and alternative credit at Paul Weiss. He advises clients, primarily private equity sponsors, on leveraged and acquisition financings.

He brings a rare blend of technical excellence and commercial awareness, offering advice that’s not only sound but genuinely useful in a business context.

His responsiveness, clarity on complex matters and proactive approach make him an invaluable adviser.

I just think the guy is a superstar. He's a brilliant legal mind, he knows everything about documentation and he has real commercial acumen as well.

Ranked Lawyers at
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

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Leveraged Finance: Big Ticket

Neel Sachdev
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Neel Sachdev
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Taner Hassan
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Taner Hassan
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Band 3
Kanesh Balasubramanian
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Kanesh Balasubramanian
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Stefan Arnold-Soulby
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Stefan Arnold-Soulby
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